The Strom surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,142 people carried this name — #3,877 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 32,300 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (9,179).

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

36 people named Strom live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 15
Basel-Stadt 5
Bern 4
Lucerne 3
St. Gallen 3
Ticino 3
Vaud 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Poland’s population register

34 people named Strom have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 61 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 4 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Kuyavian-Pomeranian 19
Lower Silesian 8
Opole 5
Masovian 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In the Nordic population registers

15,407 people named Strom are counted in Sweden, Norway and Finland.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 9,971
Norway (2025) 4,302
Finland (2026) 1,134

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Strom in American newspapers,
1903–1923.

Newspaper page from The Butte Inter Mountain carrying the name Strom
The Butte Inter Mountain 1903-08-27
Newspaper page from The Producers News carrying the name Strom
The Producers News 1923-10-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 163,440 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Strom in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1990s.

3,202 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Strom. The most, 749, date from the 1930s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Victoria, at 2.1 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 1,160
Victoria 1,122
Queensland 301
Western Australia 246
South Australia 213
Tasmania 87
ACT (Canberra) 40
Northern Territory 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Strom.

Who carried it

People named Strom,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Harry Strom
    Harry Strom 1914–1984 · politician
  • Lyle Elmer Strom
    Lyle Elmer Strom 1925–2023 · judge
  • Arthur Strom 1874– · journalist
  • Frieda Strom 1875–1942
  • Ruth E. Strom 1900–1964
  • Ingrid Mathilda Strom 1912– · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Strom,
in the records of 9 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,340 records

1,340 records of the Strom name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 407
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 314
  • Other U.S. records 619
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Harold L. Strøm

    Born 1909 in New York. Enlisted 1941 at New York City; auto mechanic from New York County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Henry O. Strøm

    Born 1917 in Wisconsin. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois; carpenter from St Croix County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1977, buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Johann Strøm

    Arrived at New York in 1907 aboard the Arcadia from Hamburg, aged 28; farm laborer. From Kalinz, Austria; bound for New York. Born in Liwka, Austria.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 1,340 records for Strom in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · Ramsey County, Minnesota (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Norway1,922 records

1,922 records of the Strom name in Norway Norway's 1910 census
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Laurits Strøm

    Census of 1910: Stenbakken, Lebesby; fisherman, born 1859 in Lebesby.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Julius Strøm

    Census of 1910: Fosveien, Kristiania; dock worker, born 1886 in Raade.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Pauline Strøm

    Census of 1910: Torvgate, Hamar; nurse, born 1857 in Hamar.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)

Showing 3 of 1,922 records for Strom in Norway.

Counts: Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Netherlands76 records

76 records of the Strom name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 32
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 24
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 20
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Maria Barbara Ström

    Married in 1834 in Meerssen; maidservant, born 1797 in Bunde. Died 1871 in Meerssen (Weert), aged 74.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Anfind Martin Ström

    Married in 1888 in Rotterdam. Died 1925 in Rotterdam, aged 79.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Martin Rudolf Strom

    Born 1914 in Heerlen. Died 1933 in Heerlen, aged 19.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 76 records for Strom in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Australia75 records

75 records of the Strom name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 48
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 15
  • Other Australian records 12
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Leonard Lawrence Strom

    Farmer of Penshurst, Victoria; died 1964.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Sten Strøm

    Arrived in Victoria in 1855 aboard the Africa, aged 28.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record John Strøm

    Seaman aboard the Friedeberg, Queensland in 1884.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 75 records for Strom in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Germany64 records

64 records of the Strom name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 62
  • German emigration and citizenship files 1
  • German applications to settle and marry 1
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Josef Strom

    Born 1878; from Würzburg. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 4 January 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Otto Strom

    Left Wyhlen for North America in 1900.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg (CC0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Franz Strom

    Named in an application to settle and marry at Vierbruckmühle: Gesuch in 1835; journeyman miller.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Staatsarchiv Amberg (CC0)

Showing 3 of 64 records for Strom in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Finland36 records

36 records of the Strom name in Finland
  • Finland's war dead, 1939–1945 19
  • Finland's war dead, 1914–1922 17
  1. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Otto Hjalmar Ström

    Born 1905 in Uurainen; farmer. Died in 1965 during Finland's wars of 1939–1945; buried in Uurainen.

    Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Onni Armas Miinanpoika Ström

    Born 1887 in Leppävirta; labourer. Died in 1918, one of the dead of Finland's wars of 1914–1922.

    Kansallisarkisto, via Sotasurmasampo (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Tuure Ström

    Born 1891 in Rauma; pharmacist. Died in 1916 in Lockstedtin leiri, one of the dead of Finland's wars of 1914–1922.

    Kansallisarkisto, via Sotasurmasampo (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 36 records for Strom in Finland.

Counts: Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0) · Kansallisarkisto, via Sotasurmasampo (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

Canada33 records

33 records of the Strom name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 9
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 8
  • Other Canadian records 16
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Claude Otto Strøm

    Buried in 1980 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 71.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Peter John Strom

    Died 1967 in St Peter's, Richmond, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record John Algot Strøm

    Died 1976; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Showing 3 of 33 records for Strom in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France2 records

2 records of the Strom name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Bohuslav Josef Strøm

    Born 1919 in Czechoslovakia; died 1996 in Granville (Manche).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Strom in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Switzerland1 record

1 record of the Strom name in Switzerland Zürich marriage records, 16th–18th centuries
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Maria Strom

    Married in 1640 in Ossingen, canton of Zürich; of Trossingen (Deutschland).

    Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich, Zürcher Ehedaten (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich, Zürcher Ehedaten (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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